VA Disability Rating for Ptosis, unilateral or bilateral (DC 6019)

DC 6019 covers ptosis, a drooping upper eyelid, in one or both eyes. The regulation rates it on the visual impairment it causes, under the visual impairment rules of 38 CFR 4.75 to 4.79 (central visual acuity, visual field or eye muscle function). Those rules look at both eyes together; when only one eye is service-connected, the other eye is counted as 20/40 (38 CFR 4.75(c)). When there is no visual impairment, ptosis is rated instead as disfigurement of the head, face or neck under DC 7800.